Don't Just Sip There! Raise a Glass to the Recreational Drinking Movement

Don't Just Sip There! Raise a Glass to the Recreational Drinking Movement

It's simple arithmetic, really: drinking + fun and games = one damn good night. And a slew of bars are finally making it easier to do both. We crisscrossed the country in search of the best places to soak, spike, bowl, and bocce without losing your buzz

If you didn't catch last year's freak-nasty Shame, starring Michael Fassbender as a conscience-free sex addict, then you missed the horniest advertisement ever for a hotel. During one of many conquests, he coolly screws a woman against the window of a room at The Standard, the city's skyline twinkling in the background. At the hotel's real-life penthouse bar, Le Bain, you can get the same sight from an only slightly less sexy spot: a giant hot tub parked where a dance floor should be. Most nights the city's beautiful people populate its waters, testing the limits of decency. A machine dispenses bathing suits, but inevitably the prettiest exhibitionists strip down and soak in their undies (or less). And you don't even have to rent a room for the view.—Andrew Richdale